Personal Statement

Personal Statement:

I work with children, adolescents, and their families during periods of turmoil. I will work to meet your family's needs by improving communication and teaching children safer and more positive ways of expressing their needs and coping with their feelings.
I have training in play therapy. Play is how children express their feelings and ideas. Play also helps adolescents talk about things that might be uncomfortable. Using puppets, dolls, games, art, and toys, I provide a safe environment for your child to work through difficult emotions and build coping skills.
I also co-facilitate Survivor To Thriver, a trauma support group for women who have been sexually assaulted or abused.

About My Practice

Office Hours

Afternoon and Saturday hours available

Services

Children, adolescent, and family therapy. Group therapy.
I Integrate developmental perspective, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral orientations, and family systems approaches in individual and family therapies. I have treated children facing challenges varying from bullying and social anxiety to history of severe childhood abuse, neglect, and abandonment. I've helped immigrant families navigate the social services and education systems.
Specialties: Trauma-focused psychotherapy, e.g. PTSD, sexual abuse, acute stress; treatment of phobias, e.g., social anxiety, specific phobias such as blood, needles.

Resources

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